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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 71: parents through Line 101: No free man needs a God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not mentioned by Shade in Canto One?
(a) The sky.
(b) The Zemblan countryside.
(c) Dr. Sutton.
(d) A baseball game.

2. What event causes John Shade to have a vision of the afterlife?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He gets lost in the Zemblan Mountains without food or water.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He suffers a stroke.

3. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?
(a) King Charles.
(b) John Shade.
(c) Dr. Sutton.
(d) Charles Kinbote.

4. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) During the depression.
(b) After his parents' funeral.
(c) Their senior year of high school.
(d) 40 years ago.

5. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?
(a) They both were orphaned.
(b) They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.
(c) They were both Zemblan kings.
(d) They were both born in Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, who is not mentioned in the first Canto?

2. Who does King Charles finally marry?

3. How did King Alfin the Vague die?

4. Kinbote notes that the poem alludes to what fictional character?

5. Charles Kinbote gave John Shade a detailed drawing of King Charles' castle; what does he want John Shade's wife to do with the picture?

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